According to the copyright act, section 107 I believe, it states that music can be shared legally for education and research purposes. There is some indication of limitation and one source of interpretation I saw said 30 seconds would be legally reasonable.

This is a new release from Pat Metheny, earlier this year (2014). It was likely recorded in 96/24 to 384/32 depending on the studio. I doubt it's analogue, there are very few artists still using analogue. although a well tuned recorder at 30 ips can record out to 30kHz and gentle slope down from...

  According to Section 107 of the Copyright Fair Use clause, its not copyright infringement if the copyrighted material is used for reporting, teaching and research use. So I think its fine to post clips of music in this context. its not about the music but rather research and learning and...

Hello. I just found this thread! great stuff. I record many concerts I go to using a stereo Tascam iphone mic. I then master and flacify. Is it legal for me to post these? I see a lot of live concert recordings in this thread. I'd like to share these but unsure of the legalities. they are 48/24...

I am sure this is going to be up for debate, but that's one thing that makes this interest... interesting. I bought Pat Metheny KIN in 96/24 from HDtracks.com. Here is a specro and chart from the first track.     And here is the same track from my vinyl transcription     My system is...